Quiet Days in Clichy (1970) Stille dage i Clichy (original title)

Director:

Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Writers:

Henry Miller (novel) and
Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Release Date:

1 June 1970 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Not so quiet, Joey and Carl's days in Clichy... The two men, living in a small apartment, are penniless writers...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Sex Orgy | Female Rear Nudity | Female Removes Her Clothes | Place Name In Title

Cast

Paul Valjean	...	Joey
Wayne Rodda	...	Carl
Ulla Koppel	...	Nys (as Ulla Lemvigh-Müller)
Avi Sagild	...	Mara
Susanne Krage	...	Christine
Louise White	...	Surrealist
Petronella	...	Adrienne
Elsebeth Reingaard	...	Colette
Lisbet Lundquist	...	Jeanne
Olaf Ussing	...	Father
Noemi Roos	...	Mother
Anne Kehler	...	Corinne
Herman Wolsgaard-Iversen
Britten Jensen
Elsa Jackson
Mette Aare Thorse
Marianne Bergh
Maj Wechselmann
Ben Webster	...	Himself - Saxophonist
Maria Stenz
Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen
Marie France Hamou
Roger de Monenstral
Marcel Doumerg
Jacques Spezia
Francoise Heselman
Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Directed by
Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Writing credits
Henry Miller		(novel "Quiet Days in Clichy")
Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Produced by
Klaus Pagh	....	producer
Henrik Sandberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Lasse Lunderskov
Country Joe McDonald
Andy Sundstrøm
Ben Webster

Cinematography by
Jesper Høm

Film Editing by
Anker Sørensen

Costume Design by
Helene Tuxen

Production Companies

• Dans-Svensk
• SBA

Distributors

• Grove Press (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) (as "Quiet Days in Clichy")
• Sherpix (????) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue) (as "Not So Quiet Days")
• Valio-Filmi (1970) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Blue Underground (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Blue Underground (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1975) (Canada) (dubbed)
• Planfilm
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (video)
• Stomp Visual (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (video) (VOD)

Also Known As:

"Stille dage i Clichy" - Denmark (original title)
"Not So Quiet Days" - USA (reissue title)

Runtime:

France:80 min | USA:100 min | USA:91 min (uncut version)

Country:

Denmark

Language:

English | Danish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-18 | Hungary:18 | UK:18 | Norway:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:R | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Finland:(Banned) (1970) (uncut) | Finland:(Banned) (1971) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (1971) (heavily cut) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | UK:R (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Dans-Svensk

Trivia:

Owing to the subject matter and strong language the film was rejected for UK cinema by the BBFC in 1970. It was eventually released fully uncut on DVD by Arrow in 2002.

Quotes:

Mara:I hate my countrymen. They are hard, mercenary, without pity for... my kind.

Movie Connections:

References Commandos (1968)

Bad (mmm, awful?) but still better than the 1990 version

I'm reviewing this from the perspective of myself as a fan of Miller .. Though this is a poorly-done piece of amateur cinema, there is at least enough curiosity in seeing the presentation of the characters and other elements of the book, though you will likely be horribly disappointed with everything. "Quiet Days" is certainly one of Miller's crudest books, in terms of him coming off like a real jerk, albeit a smart and charming one (which the actor playing Miller totally lacks). In that sense, the film captures the baseness in the fact that it's as if the novel has been interpreted by tittering frat boys who pick out the most basic "shock" elements and run with them with anti-authoritarian glee. The previous review of this film mentions plot points which make no sense. This is because the director showed his obvious carelessness and sloppiness by not attaching logic to actions which are clear in the book. A curiosity of the late 60's (including footage of Paris in 69/70; also notable for the use of text within image which I actually quite liked), but a real disappointment for Miller fans, and a pretty bad movie overall.